IIS Media Services
IIS Media Services Readme
Created Jun 23, 2011 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4 (IIS Media Services 4.1 and IIS Media Services 4.0), IIS Media Services 3 Last Updated: November 8, 2011 IIS Media Services integrates with Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 to provide a secure, scalable, and...
IIS Media Services Content Map
Created Feb 9, 2011 by dmnelson
IIS Media Services is a set of extensions for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 that deliver and manage media content. It is part of a complete technology platform for deploying a highly available, highly scalable, media delivery environment...
IIS Media Services 3.0 Overview
Created Sep 7, 2010 by chriskno
The IIS Media Services 3.0 Overview describes the current set of IIS media extensions, the scenarios they address, and the business value you can achieve with their use. Table of Contents: Introduction IIS Media Services 3.0 Media Delivery...
Smooth Streaming Primer
Created Aug 16, 2010 by dmnelson
Last Updated: August 2010 IIS Media Services , an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform, delivers true HD (720p+) live and on-demand streaming, DVR functionality, and real-time analytics support to computers, TVs, and mobile devices. By...
Apple HTTP Live Streaming with IIS Media Services
Created Jun 10, 2010 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4 IIS Live Smooth Streaming enables delivery of live Smooth Streaming presentations in multiple formats without re-encoding: Smooth Streaming format for Microsoft® Silverlight® clients and Apple HTTP Live Streaming...
Smooth Streaming Deployment Guide
Created Oct 8, 2009 by dmnelson
Last Updated: August 16, 2010 Smooth Streaming is the Microsoft implementation of adaptive streaming technology, which is a form of Web-based media content delivery that uses standard HTTP. Instead of delivering media as full-file downloads, or as...
Syndicating Live Smooth Streams between Servers
Created Oct 8, 2009 by jboch
This walkthrough describes how to configure Live Smooth Streaming server-to-server syndication. Requirements Usage Scenario Security Best Practices Configuring the Upstream Publishing Point Securing the Upstream Publishing Point Configuring...
Smooth Streaming Transport Protocol
Created Sep 8, 2009 by chriskno
IIS Smooth Streaming , part of IIS Media Services , is Microsoft's adaptive streaming technology, based on the HTTP and MP4 file format standards. It delivers the highest quality, reliable online video experience for both on-demand content and...
Protected Interoperable File Format
Created Sep 8, 2009 by chriskno
The Protected Interoperable File Format (PIFF) specification defines a standard multimedia file format for delivery and playback of multimedia content. It includes the audio-video container, stream encryption, and metadata to support content...
Using Windows Media Player Playlist Files in Web Playlists
Created May 4, 2009 by dmnelson
By default, Windows Media Player 11 in Windows Server 2008 creates playlists in WPL format (files with .wpl file name extensions). This article describes how to create copies of the playlist files in ASX format (files with .asx file name...
Smooth Streaming Technical Overview
Created Mar 31, 2009 by chriskno
The Smooth Streaming extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 dynamically detects local bandwidth and CPU conditions and seamlessly switches, in near real time, the video quality of a media file that a player receives. Consumers with...
Creating and Managing Live Smooth Streaming Publishing Points
Created Mar 20, 2009 by jboch
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4 When you create Live Smooth Streaming publishing points in IIS Manager, you can choose from different options to support the following live media delivery scenarios (multiple scenarios can apply): Deliver a live...
Getting Started with IIS Live Smooth Streaming
Created Mar 18, 2009 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4 The IIS Live Smooth Streaming extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 allows you to set up a web server as a Live Smooth Streaming server that delivers compelling, uninterrupted live video streams that...
Edge Caching for Media Delivery
Created Mar 18, 2009 by chriskno
One of the advantages to using IIS Media Services is how well it integrates with the rest of the IIS Web platform. Edge caching using Application Request Routing is a great example of how the robust capabilities of IIS allow you to increase...
Exploring Bit Rate Changes
Created Feb 23, 2009 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4.0, IIS Media Services 3.0 To create Smooth Streaming presentations, source content is encoded at several quality levels (bit rates) using Microsoft Expression Encoder or a compression tool from one of our many...
Getting Started with IIS Smooth Streaming
Created Feb 23, 2009 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4 The IIS Smooth Streaming extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 allows you to set up a Web server as a Smooth Streaming server with a default Microsoft Silverlight client implementation. This...
Managing On-Demand Presentations
Created Feb 23, 2009 by dmnelson
Applies To: IIS Media Services 4.0 You can clone your on-demand Smooth Streaming presentations in order to make different sets of bit rates available to your audience. For example, if you want to save bandwidth costs, you can remove the highest...
Web Platform Installer 2.0 Walkthrough
Created Nov 9, 2008 by choyer
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including the IIS 7, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework, and Visual Web Developer. To...
Web Playlists for IIS 7.0 - Extending Output Formats using XSLT
Created Sep 12, 2008 by vsood
Web Playlists for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 supports Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) style sheets that filter or customize the XML data in the Web Playlists HTTP response to clients. For example, you can create...
Windows Media Server or Web Server?
Created May 15, 2008 by dmnelson
You can deliver digital media audio and video files and live streams either from a Windows Media server (a server that is running Windows Media Services) or from a Web server (a server that is running Internet Information Services (IIS) 7...
Web Playlists for IIS 7 - Configuration
Created Feb 27, 2008 by vsood
Web Playlists for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 provides the ability to control media delivery to clients and limit a client’s ability to seek or skip individual entries in the playlist. This article provides information about the settings...
Web Playlists for IIS 7 - Creating a Simple Playlist
Created Feb 27, 2008 by vsood
Web Playlists for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 provides the ability to control media delivery to clients and limit a client’s ability to seek or skip individual entries in the playlist. Server administrators can enable or disable...
Bit Rate Throttling Extensibility Walkthrough
Created Nov 23, 2007 by saad
Bit Rate Throttling for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 provides the ability to throttle progressive downloads of media files (in which audio/video playback starts as soon as sufficient data has been buffered on the client) based on the...
Bit Rate Throttling Configuration Walkthrough
Created Nov 23, 2007 by saad
The Bit Rate Throttling extension for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 provides the ability to throttle progressive downloads of media files (in which audio/video playback starts as soon as sufficient data has been buffered on the client...